Productivity

Computer courses for beginners – An introduction to our productivity course of lessons

Written February 13th, 2012
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Introduction to Productivity Software

Our next computer course for beginners is all about being productive with your computer and productive software. You may have completed our free computer lessons for basic computer training or you may be looking to get more productive with your computer by understanding how to use the software available, if so our next series of computer lessons for seniors and beginners will run through the Microsoft Office Suite of computer programmes. The computer lessons will run through in a step by step guide how to use Microsoft Office Word, a word processor programme, explains how to use Excel, a spreadheet application and Microsoft PowerPoint a presentation programme.

The courses of computer lessons are particularly useful for those looking to improve their computer skills and learn Office Word for work or Excel for work.

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Computer courses for beginners – Word tutorials – The layout

Written February 16th, 2012
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Office Word Layout

Office Word Layout

The next of our computer courses for beginners and seniors takes a look at productivity and we start with Word tutorials, how to use Microsoft Office Word. This computer lesson demonstrates the layout of Microsoft word, because when you break down the layout and understand how Microsoft Word is arranged it becomes a lot easier to use.

In this word tutorial we demonstrate how the Ribbon is broken down into the three basic elements, Tabs, Groups and Commands. The tutorial then goes on to look at the home tab and the file tab, talking about the Microsoft Office button for those using word 2007, as the online computer lessons about Microsoft Office Word are shown using Microsoft Office Word 2010 but any differences with Word 2007 are pointed out. Read the rest of this entry »

Computer courses for beginners – Word tutorials – Tabs and Commands

Written February 19th, 2012
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Word Tutorials - Tabs and Commands

Word Tutorials – Tabs and Commands

The next of our Word Tutorials continues our computer courses for beginners and seniors with a computer lesson about the tabs and commands on the Microsoft Office Word Ribbon. The tutorial follows on from the previous computer lesson about the layout of Microsoft office word 2010 and 2007 by demonstating the other Tabs along the Office Word ribbon. Key commands are pointed out on each tab and we also demonstrate that information about commands is easily available when moving your computer mouse. Read the rest of this entry »

Office Word tutorials – Creating a simple flyer with word

Written February 22nd, 2012
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Word Tutorials - Creating a simple flyer

Word Tutorials – Creating a simple flyer

In the next of our Microsoft Office Word tutorials we show how to create a simple flyer using word. This computer lesson for seniors and beginners is part of our word computer course and starts to demonstrate how easy it is to create pieces of work with a little planning and an understanding of the Office Word commands.

The computer lesson demonstrates how to make a flyer by producing a lost cat poster. We start with a simple bit of text which, using the word commands, we change by altering the font type, creating a title, headings and changing the font size. The online word tutorial demonstrates how to select text for altering and uses some basic word commands before running a spell check and sending the flyer for printing and saving. Read the rest of this entry »

Office word tutorials – Mini toolbar Quick access toolbar and help button

Written February 23rd, 2012
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Office word tutorials - Toolbars

Office word tutorials – Toolbars

Microsoft Office Word Tutorials

We continue our Office Word Tutorials for seniors and beginners with a short computer lesson about the mini toolbar, quick access toolbar and help button, this is part of our computer courses for beginners. The computer lesson demonstrates what the mini toolbar is and how to use it, shows the quick access toolbar and points out the office word help button. The online tutorial also shows how to customize the quick access toolbar in different ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Word Tutorials – How to Cut Copy and Paste

Written February 27th, 2012
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Cut button - Word Tutorials - Cut. Copy and Paste

Cut button – Word Tutorials – Cut. Copy and Paste

Microsoft Office Word Tutorials

Our Microsoft Office Word tutorials continue with a computer lesson showing how to cut, copy and paste in Word 2010. The online computer lesson is for seniors and beginners learning how to use Office Word. The online lesson shows how to select text in order to cut and paste it within a document, explaining that all types of data can be altered using the commands cut copy and paste. The computer word tutorial then talks about paste options demonstrating later in the lesson and covers copy and paste along with using the clipboard. The differences between Word 2010 and Word 2007 regarding paste options are spoken about. Read the rest of this entry »

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